Tall refs?

[JeroenB]

Us tall referees have to stick together.

Came across this quote today while browsing the foums and it made me wonder. Basketball obviously is a sport with a lot of really tall people on the court, but that usually applies to the players and not the referees. So, being pretty tall myself (no, I intentionally left out the comma between pretty and tall), I was wondering if there are any tall referees out here?

PS: If you are interested you can make a guess about my height

[JugglingReferee]

Yes, there are tall refs out there. Myself, I'm 6' -2".


I will guess that you're 6'7".

[Judtech]

6'5".

[truerookie]

I would say 6'9."

[stiffler3492]

I'm 5'6. I've often wondered if my lack of height would preclude me from moving up to varsity. General consensus around my area has been no, it wouldn't.

[Andy]

I am 6'7"....and not thin.....

I was told to use that to my advantage to establish a presence on the court.
I found that it also helped when I had to get in between some players to keep a situation from escalating....

I'll never forget a picture I saw several years ago of Gene Cahill (I think) trying to get between two 6'10" or better guys....they were just kind of looking right over him....

[rhodyref401]

I'm a new ref and former college and over seas player, I'm 6'9 or so and i find that my height is very helpful when trying to get better angles and the players
seem to be a little more receptive to me, maybe because i'm still in playing shape IDK.

[JeroenB]

Allthough I like to think my height gives me a better angle and overview, I never saw any top-level officials that really were above average height (allthough I noticed one NBA ref during all-star weekend that seemed pretty tall). Well I guess, someone has to be the first 2m10 official
(For your reference: that's 6'10.5" w/o shoes).

[APG]

Originally Posted by JeroenB

Allthough I like to think my height gives me a better angle and overview, I never saw any top-level officials that really were above average height (allthough I noticed one NBA ref during all-star weekend that seemed pretty tall). Well I guess, someone has to be the first 2m10 official
(For your reference: that's 6'10.5" w/o shoes).

If it was a tall, white guy, it was probably Ed Malloy.

[rhodyref401]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

If it was a tall, white guy, it was probably Ed Malloy.

There is also a guy by the name of Kevin Cutler, who stands about 6'9 or so. If you are a good official I think the height only adds to that.

[JeroenB]

No, I just found out it was Eric Dalen.

[APG]

Originally Posted by rhodyref401

There is also a guy by the name of Kevin Cutler, who stands about 6'9 or so. If you are a good official I think the height only adds to that.

I wouldn't know...only 5'7 over here.

Originally Posted by JeroenB

No, I just found out it was Eric Dalen.

I should have prefaced it by saying if he was a tall, white, and lankly individual lol

[rhodyref401]

I'm new but everyone I've talked to so far have told me that my height would be an asset so im gonna go with that...lol

[Mark Padgett]

I'm 5'10". Gee - I wonder what that is in metric? Er, wait - no I don't.

[BktBallRef]

I'm 6'4" and my two partners from last season were 6'4" and 6'3". We offered to go 3 on 3 with several HS kids during pregame but could never get any takers.